I enjoy watching children interact with the world, the way they engage their environment without any filters, learned models, or cynicism. — Keith Murray Copy Share Image
“I'm a nothing person. I don't affiliate myself with any kind of label [..] The truly stalwart don't run with a group.… — Wataru Watari Copy Share Image
You know, the cynicism that is in the politics, it is not for my soul. It makes me - out of me,… — Marjane Satrapi Copy Share Image
Optimism is a political act. Those who benefit from the status quo are perfectly happy for us to think nothing is going… — Alex Steffen Copy Share Image
I honestly expected me learning Welsh to be met with a certain amount of cynicism, even outright hostility from some. But that… — Steve Backshall Copy Share Image
Contrary to current cynicism about past golden ages, the abstraction known as 'the intelligent layperson' does exist - in the form of… — Stephen Jay Gould Copy Share Image
“But in cynicism and general world weariness, which is a sort of carbon dating of the personality, he was about seven thousand… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
For all the cynicism that the world contains, people are a little more open to those things that maybe are to do… — Kenneth Branagh Copy Share Image
To give [the Bay of Pigs invasion of Cuba] even covert support is on a par with the hypocrisy and cynicism for… — J. William Fulbright Copy Share Image
When the aerials are down, and your spirit is covered with snows of cynicism and the ice of pessimism, then you are… — Samuel Ullman Copy Share Image
I think there ought to be a club in which preachers and journalists could come together and have the sentimentalism of the… — Reinhold Niebuhr Copy Share Image
“I thought back to Meg’s advice about Hemingway sentences—simple declarative statements that showed the truth and distilled the meaning. My first attempt… — Laura Anderson Kurk Copy Share Image
The European arguments against the Iran-Libya Sanctions Act demonstrate that "some Europeans have never lost faith in appeasement as a way of… — John Bolton Copy Share Image
Avoid head trash. Don't be a garbage can for anything that does not feed your intellect, stimulate your imagination, or make you… — Les Brown Copy Share Image
“Ce sper eu e sa fac de ras lumea literara. Sa rad pe cat pot de netrebnicii astia lingusitori, adunati ca intr-un… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
For decades, the plight of the Palestinian people has been exacerbated by internal corruption, a lack of effective investment, and the political… — Edgar Bronfman, Sr Copy Share Image
Cynicism is tough. A cynic's point of view is really pitiful. I derive pleasure out of a lot of things in life.… — Shawn Colvin Copy Share Image
“A certain cynicism, born of the life she has led; a streak of strange wisdom; the wistfulness behind the gaiety; sometimes fear;… — Georgette Heyer Copy Share Image
Trying to prove yourself to cynics is an absolute waste of your time. Making time with people who care about you is… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Perhaps espousing views one doesn't actually hold is a core tenet of normiedom. In sum, the way of the normie is founded… — Wataru Watari Copy Share Image
If you're sick and tired of the politics of cynicism and polls and principles, come and join this campaign. — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
I think that the memory of Armenia's genocide opened my eyes at an early age to the existence of political cynicism. — Serj Tankian Copy Share Image
Despite the unrivaled empirical success of quantum theory, the very suggestion that it may be literally true as a description of nature… — David Deutsch Copy Share Image
Doubt is the middle position between knowledge and ignorance. It encompasses cynicism but also genuine questioning. — Vera Farmiga Copy Share Image
I get the feeling that my songs aren't that dark. There is a cynicism but humour also - it's not depression upon… — Stromae Copy Share Image
As consumers we are incredibly discerning, we sense where has been great care in the design, and when there is cynicism and… — Jonathan Ive Copy Share Image
“The increasingly cynical court thought Arthur, "hypocritical, as all decent men must be if you assume decency cannot exist.” — T.H. White Copy Share Image
The idea of The Boy Vs. The Cynic is the tension between the wide-eyed optimism in youthfulness where you think nothing can… — John Reuben Zappin Copy Share Image
“...God created the world in six days. On the seventh day, he rested. On the eighth day, he started getting complaints. And… — James Scott Bell Copy Share Image
“I watched him, sardonic, cynical. A great poet, truly, yet unkind. The gifts of our nature seem not to modify the manner… — Jeanette Winterson Copy Share Image
Obsessing on evil is boring. Rousing fear is a hackneyed shtick. Wallowing is despair is a bad habit. Indulging in cynicism is… — Rob Brezsny Copy Share Image
I think growing up in Indiana prepares anyone for a life in comedy. I do feel like there is a certain kind… — Jim Gaffigan Copy Share Image
This isn't really a convention, This is really an infomercial. And every night we'll have a different infomercial and people view it… — Susan Estrich Copy Share Image
Civility is not a tactic or a sentiment. It is the determined choice of trust over cynicism, of community over chaos. — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
It's hard to argue against cynics - they always sound smarter than optimists because they have so much evidence on their side — Molly Ivins Copy Share Image
“The world has become jaded. Romance has died, some no longer believe in love, and because of this, they suffer.” — Wayne Gerard Trotman Copy Share Image
Cynics always say no. Saying yes leads to knowledge. So for as long as you have the strength to, say yes. — Stephen Colbert Copy Share Image
I don't want to sound like the old guy, but cynicism is a potential danger. It colors our way of looking at… — Bob Newhart Copy Share Image
“In this world, the pursuit of dreams leads to a life so painful and frustrating the mere thought of it is enough… — Wataru Watari Copy Share Image
I feel increasingly like age is very irrelevant. Quite often, cynicism is confused with wisdom, and my scorn is confused with a… — Laura Marling Copy Share Image